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SCHEDULE 1Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995

5.  In article 23 (appeals), at the end, add—

(5) The Secretary of State may provide, or arrange for the provision of, a website for use for such purposes as he thinks fit which—

(a)relate to appeals under section 78 of the Act and this article, and

(b)are capable of being effected electronically.

(6) Where a person gives notice of appeal to the Secretary of State using electronic communications, the person shall be taken to have agreed—

(a)to the use of such communications for all purposes relating to his appeal which are capable of being carried out electronically,

(b)that his address for the purpose of such communications is the address incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated with, his notice of appeal, and

(c)that his deemed agreement under this paragraph shall subsist until he gives notice in accordance with article 27A that he wishes to revoke the agreement..